Climbing journalist survives fall

Ed Smith, former BBC Northern Ireland head of sport and a journalist with the Belfast News Letter, is at home after surviving a 100ft fall down Mount Aconcagua, a 23,000ft peak in the Andes. The 56-year-old suffered comparatively minor head injuries. He had begun his descent when he tripped as one of his crampons caught on something and he somersaulted down the mountain until stopped by a rock. (Via Belfast Newsletter)